01982cam a2200361 a 4500 114878 114878 BJBSDDR 20230411090709.0 ta 071114s2016 enka b 001 0 eng 9780198718871 019871887X 15079931 (OCoLC)ocn181368899 (OCoLC)181368899 DLC DLC spa eng a-cc--- R AC 5 V573 081 Lenton, Tim 1973- (Timothy Michael), Very Short Introduction Earth system science : a very short introduction / Tim Lenton. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2016. xiv, 153 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Very short introductions ; n.464 Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-145) and index. 1. Home 2. Recycling 3. Regulation 4. Revolutions 5. Anthropocene 6. Projection 7. Sustainability 8. Generalisation References Index The concept of the Earth's atmosphere, biosphere, oceans, soil, and rocks operating as a closely interacting system has rapidly gained ground in science. This new field, involving geographers, geologists, biologists, oceanographers, and atmospheric physicists, is known as Earth system science. This introductory text considers how a world in which humans could evolve was created; how, as a species, we are now reshaping that world; and what a sustainable future for humanity within the Earth system might look like. Drawing on elements of geology, biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics, it also asks whether Earth system science can help guide us onto a sustainable course before we alter the Earth system to the point where we destroy ourselves and our current civilisation. 6096 Ciencias de la Tierra Very short introductions. 4546 Very short introductions ; lcc BK 0 0 0 0 REF BJB BJB REF 2020-11-26 n.464 0 R AC 5 V573 00000142712 2020-11-26 00:00:00 1 2020-11-26 BK